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Final sentence in case of illegal restitution of Băneasa Royal Farm and Snagov Forest!
Paul from Romania received a sentence of 3 years and 4 months in prison with execution, while businessman Remus Truica will go to jail for seven years. It is a final decision.
The Supreme Court also sentenced businessmen Benny Steinmetz and Tall Benjamin Silberstein, in absentia, to five years in prison each.
They are all accused that, ten years ago, they put in place a mechanism aimed at helping Paul from Romania to recover the Royal Băneasa Farm and the Snagov Forest, on the grounds that they belonged to his grandfather, although not in reality he had the right of inheritance.
With the approval of the restitution, the assets passed into the hands of Remus Truica and some intermediaries of Israeli businessmen. The damage in this case was more than 135 million lei.
The ICCJ magistrates admitted the appeals declared by the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the Superior Court of Cassation and Justice, DNA and by the civil parties Romsilva, the Ministry of Public Finance, the National Tax Administration Agency, the Department of Finance of Brașov and the Institute Research and Development for Plant Protection. of June 27, 2019, pronounced by the Brașov Court of Appeal.
Later, the Braşov Court of Appeal sentenced Remus Truică to 4 years in prison and Paul Philippe of Romania to 3 years in prison with suspension in the case of illegal restitution of the Royal Farm Băneasa and the Snagov Forest. Tal Silberstein and Benny Steinmetz were acquitted.
“It merges the penalties applied to the defendant Truică Remus for this decision into the most severe penalty of 6 years in prison, which increases by 1 year in prison, and he will finally serve the sentence of 7 years in prison,” is shown in Thursday’s decision . ICCJ.
According to the sentence, Paul Philippe from Romania was sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison, Tal Silberstein to 5 years in prison and Benyamin Steinmetz was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Dan Andronic was also sentenced to 3 years in prison, but the court ordered “the suspension under supervision of the execution of the sentence of 3 years in prison applied to the defendant Andronic Dan Cătălin, for a period of supervision of 4 years”.
On May 18, 2016, Remus Truică, Paul Philippe from Romania, Dan Andronic, as well as entrepreneurs Tal Silberstein, Benyamin Steinmetz and Moshe Agavi were sued by DNA in the case concerning the illegal restitution of the Royal Farm Băneasa and the Forest Snagov.
The businessman Remus Truica was sued for organizing an organized criminal group, influence peddling, money laundering, complicity in abuse of power and bribery, along with Paul Philippe of Romania, accused of buying influence, money laundering money and complicity in abuse of power of attorney, both investigated under house arrest. In the same case, foreign businessmen Tal Silberstein, Benyamin Steinmetz and Moshe Agavi, among others, were sued by Dan Andronic, a political consultant and journalist accused of forming an organized criminal group and complicity in influence peddling.
“The charges against the defendants refer to crimes committed between 2006 and 2013 in various forms of participation (authorship, complicity or instigation), with the interest of obtaining real estate of special value, including Snagov Forest and Baneasa Royal Farm, claimed without right to Romanian defendant Paul Philippe “announced the prosecutors in a press release.
DNA stated, at that time, that “as of November 2006, the defendants Truică Remus, Roşu Robert Mihăiţă, Tal Silberstein, Benyamin Steinmetz, constituted a criminal group that aimed to acquire all the property illegally claimed by Paul Philippe of Romania through offering money / goods to people within the authorities / institutions that own these assets and complicity in the commission, by these people, of the crime of abuse of power, by making the necessary documents available and signing , traffic of real influence on public officials ”.
Dan Andronic, Marius Marcovici, Moshe Agavi and Mateescu Lucian later joined the criminal group – the first three in 2007, the last in 2011, DNA added. “Through the criminal activity carried out, the abusive restitution of the Snagov Forest was managed, causing a damage to the detriment of the Romanian state of 9,523,769 euros, as well as in the Royal Farm Băneasa, with a detriment to the detriment of the state Romanian of 135,874,800 euros, “he says. prosecutors, estimating the total damage at 145,398,569 euros.
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On May 18, 2016, Remus Truică, Paul Philippe from Romania, Dan Andronic, as well as businessmen Tal Silberstein, Benyamin Steinmetz and Moshe Agavi were sued by DNA in the case concerning the illegal restitution of the Royal Farm Băneasa and the forest by Snagov.
The businessman Remus Truica was sued for organizing an organized criminal group, influence peddling, money laundering, complicity in abuse of power and bribery, along with Paul Philippe of Romania, accused of buying influence, money laundering money and complicity in abuse of power of attorney, both investigated under house arrest. In the same case, Dan Andronic, political consultant and journalist, accused of forming an organized criminal group and complicity in influence peddling, Marius Marcovici, manager of a company and former adviser to Călin Popescu Tăriceanu, suspected of forming an organized criminal group , complicity in influence peddling and money laundering, Lucian Mateescu, investigated for the creation of an organized criminal group and complicity in influence peddling, Gheorghe Sin, then general secretary of the Romanian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, suspected of complicity in abuse position and Nicolae Dima, at the time of the events Snagov town secretary, accused of abuse of office.
Lawyer Robet Roşu, investigated for the formation of an organized criminal group, influence peddling, complicity in money laundering and complicity in abuse of power, and foreign businessmen Tal Silberstein, Benyamin Steinmetz and Moshe Agavi were sent to court without any preventive measures. in her name.
“The accusations against the accused refer to crimes committed during the 2006-2013 period in various forms of participation (authorship, complicity or instigation), in order to obtain real estate of special value, including Snagov Forest and Baneasa Royal Farm, claimed without copyright The Romanian defendant Paul Philippe “announced the prosecutors in a press release.
The accusations filed by the DNA prosecutors:
“As of November 2006, the defendant Truică Remus, Roșu Robert Mihăiţă and others constituted a criminal group destined to acquire all the property illegally claimed by an interested person, by offering money / goods to people within the authorities / institutions that own these goods, instigating and complicity in the commission by these people of the crime of abuse of power, by making the necessary documents available and signing, trafficking in real influence about public servants.
The defendants Andronic Dan, Marcovici Marius Andrei and Mateescu Lucian joined the criminal group: the first two in 2007, the last in 2011.
From the date of establishment, members of the group were permanently involved in criminal activity and informed each other, directly or indirectly, on the evolution and realization of the interest pursued by the committed events, establishing by common agreement the strategy to follow and jointly finding the most economical solutions for the group. Likewise, the members of the group kept in constant contact with the person who bought influence, always giving them guarantees about the success of the criminal process.
The role of the defendant Truică Remus within the group was fundamental, in the sense that the person, his reputation and his claims were decisive in convincing the person interested in buying influence.. On the other hand, the accused Truica Remus presented the “business” to the other members of the group, deciding together with them to get involved in the criminal process, the only way to obtain the assets that the interested party illegally claimed. Also aacted as a trustee of a company in the documents drawn up with the influence buyer, he repeatedly met with him to discuss the status of the actions taken, the business with them in the interest of the group, discussed with the defendant Roşu Robert, lawyer, for the preparation of the necessary documents to create the appearance of legality, appeared before the authorities on behalf of the influence buyer, I spoke with notaries and lawyers To draft the necessary documents for the claims, he was actually trading his influence and bribing officials to achieve the intended purpose.
In this context, since 2006 he has promised the buyer of influence that he can recover his illegally claimed property, claiming that he has relationships in the political world and in justice at the highest level (advisor to the Prime Minister, the services of a top-notch law firm, through which influence may even reach the HCCJ), asking instead for a considerable part of this fortune, both for himself and for the members of the group, between 50% – 80% of each good that will be obtained.
In achieving the group’s purpose, The defendant Truică Remus, together with the other members of the group and with the buyer of influence, then concealed the illicit nature of the agreement by concluding, on November 1, 2006, an assignment contract., with respect to assets in administrative or judicial procedures for the restitution of assets. The contract was concluded between the influential buyer and a company represented by Truica Remus. Specifically, this contract drawn up by the defendant Roşu Robert stipulates that the person with influence, as assignor, assigns / assigns without reservation, for a fee, all his present and future rights to real estate, listed and identified in the contract (including the “Băneasa Farm”, land with an area of 28.63 ha). The company represented by Truică Remus undertakes to pay, under certain conditions, a sum of money and to provide support and assistance in relation to the assets in administrative or judicial restitution proceedings. Subsequent, As a result of this act, the defendant Truică Remus signed other documents / contracts that sought to conceal the origin of the returned goods.
Among the alleged goods, the influential buyer was also Băneasa Farm, for which he submitted a notification in 2002, without receiving a response until the “business” was taken over by this criminal group.
During 2008, following the aforementioned notification concerning the Royal Farm of Băneasa, sent for liquidation to the Research and Development Institute for Plant Protection in Bucharest, the defendant Truică Remus acted in such a way that, through some persons , determined the members of the board of directors of the institute to approve, obviously illegally, the request of the influence buyer. Subsequent, by decision no. 30 of 09.26.2008, in violation of the provisions of Law 10/2001, the restitution in kind of the Real Finca Băneasa, On the same day, September 26, 2008, a transfer-acquisition protocol was concluded. The refund decision is abusive, The request is not accompanied by supporting documents that show the title of heir or the incidence of Law 10/2001 related to the location of the land, and it was not identified according to the law.
Through this criminal activity damage was caused to the Romanian state of 135,874,800 euros (equivalent to 500,399,713 lei), an amount that also represents an undue benefit for the influence buyer, Truică Remus and his associates in the criminal group.
To obtain this property, Truică Remus convinced the director of the institute to support this request, although the documentation presented was incomplete, the expertise was formally carried out, offering him undue benefits instead of paying for a trip abroad for four people ”.
Publisher: Liviu Cojan
